Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-11-03
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.

NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
THE Episcopal missionary council met
at Philadelphia on the 18th.
TESTIMONY taking was virtually con-
cluded. on the 18th, in "Blinky" Morgan's
trial at Ravenna, o.
ARGUMENTS were made by Mr.. Tucker
and Attorney General Hunt in the An
archists' case, at Washington on the 9th.
THE report is again in circulation at
Berlin and London that the Gear will re-
turn to st. Petersburg by way of the Ger
man capital.
THROUGH trusty prisoner the warden
OF the Ohio penitentiary was informed of
a wholesale delivery plan in time to pre-
vent its success.
THE Mexican press appears to be
alarmed over the aspect of affairs grow
ing out of the killing Of Baldwin, the
American, in Durango.
RUMoRs are current in Paris that Presi-
dent Grevy will resign as the ult of the
adverse vote on an administration meas
ure in the Chamber of Deputies.
EMIGRATION papers to over fifty persons
coming to the United States to settle have
been issued by the American Consul at
ottowa, Ont, during the past few days.
THE Red river was reported on the 25th
as frozen solid from st. Vincent, Mimi,
to Pembina. The river has not been
frozen over before at this season for thirty
years.
THE Crown Prince Frederick William of
Germany is greatly displeased at the
manner in which the German papers
have reported and commented upon his
health.
THE meetings of unemployed persons
being held in Trafalgar Square, London,
have developed into kindergartens for the
propagation Of Henry Georges land
theories.
THE usual Thanksgiving Day proclama-
tion has been issued by President Cleve-
land, appointing Thursday, November "a,
for the regulation day of thanksgiving
and prayer.
THE argument of the motion for a writ
of error in the case of the condemned Chi
cagO Anarchists was concluded in the
United States Supreme Court at Washing
ton on the 2Sth.
NEWS has been received by King Leo
pold of Belgium that Stanley had adj
vanced about seven hundred and eighty
miles since last heard of, August 25, and
was in good health.
In the sculling race for the champion
ship of the United States at Lake Mariana
cook, Me-, on the 2Sth, Jake Gaudaur, of
st. Louis, was beaten half mile by John
Teemer, of McKeesport, Pa.
HEALTH OFFICER SMITH at New York has
notified the Marine Hospital Bureau that
the precautions taken with the cases of
cholera on the Britannia were such that
there is no danger of the disease spread
ing.
ATTORNEY SEARY, of the Progressive
Labor party in New York, says he pro-
poses to bring action against the city for
damages for the men who were dubbed
by the police in Union Square on Octo-
Der &
THE annual report of the Surgeon-Gen-
eral of the army to the Secretary of War
shows slight increase in the death rate
in the army. The employment of twenty
additional assistant surgeons is recon-
mended.
EOfLE SbOOu III 1luo hb LILO cutTbuC6 VI
the Fifth Avenue Theater, New York,
from eleven o'clock on the night of the
4th until the next morning, waiting for
the sale of seats to begin for Mrs. Potter's
appearance.
THE State Department. at Washington
has been draped in black as a mark of re-
spect to the memory of the late E. B.
Washburne, who was Secretary of State
for short time during President Grants
administration.
CIvI-SERvIcE COMMISSIONER LYMAN,
who, with his family, has just returned to
Oberly's letter to the Illinois Association,
and that in the main his views coincide
with those of Mr.. Oberly.
PRINCE VICTOR NAPOLEON has issued
manifesto in reply to the one issued by
the Count of Paris some time ago. He
claims an appeal to the people and asserts
that the Napoleons alone can give France
strong democratic government.
In his confession to the coroner the San
Francisco suicide, Benhayon, states that
before he killed his sister to get the insur-
ance on her life, she had been consulting
with him about poisoning her husband in
order to get the money on his life.
The issue of standard silver dollars from
the minis during the week ended October
% was 1888, 4S1. The issue during the
corresponding period of last year was
$1,0OS,S21. The shipments Of the frac-
tional coin since the 1st inst amount to
$751, 065.
REAR-ADMIRAL CHANDLER reports to the
Navy Department that the officers of his
squadron were Hospitality received and
entertained at Corea- The King an
plenipotentiary to the United States at an
early date.
BISHOP GILMoUR'S residence in Cleve-
land, o., adjoining st. Johns Cathedral,
was entered by burglars on the night of
the 18th, who stole all the linen belonging
to the establishment. The thieves tried to
blow open the door of the safe, but were
not successful. q
THE jury which has been investigating
the cause of the fire in Whiteley's immense
establishment in London, has rendered a
verdict declaring the fire to have been the
work of an incendiary. The evidence
taken, however, failed to show how the
fire originated.
THE Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Vic
toria's second son, after getting the COM
membership of the Mediterranean fleet
will now probably get the most coveted
post in the service, the commandership at
Portsmouth, which is the chief naval dis
trict in England.
THE Canadian Department of Fisheries
has at last entered upon its scheme for